An elephant race occurs on a multi-lane highway when a speed-limited commercial truck pulls into the passing lane to overtake another truck traveling only slightly slower. Because neither vehicle can accelerate significantly, they ride side-by-side for miles, causing a massive backlog of passenger cars behind them.
Heard on the job
I was stuck behind a ten-mile elephant race on I-80 because two governed rigs were fighting over one mile an hour.
Also heard as
- turtle race